At the Hawk's Well

Name: At the Hawk's Well
Author: W.B. Yeats

by W.B. Yeats

Poet seeks eternal waters guarded by a supernatural hawk in ancient myth

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W.B. Yeats

Co-founder of the Abbey Theatre and its animating spirit, Yeats developed a symbolist, ritualistic drama influenced by Japanese Noh and Celtic mythology. His plays extend his poetry's visionary universe into theatrical form.

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